Newbridge-on-Wye sprinter Morgan Jones will have his chance at Commonwealth Games glory this morning.
The para sprinter will run in the Men’s T47 100m final at the 40,000 capacity Carrara Stadium at 10.52am UK time.
Jones is trained by Welsh sprinter Christian Malcolm who has silver and bronze Commonwealth medals, from 1998 and 2010, to his name.
He started out as a long jumper after meeting Anthony Hughes of Disability Sport Wales. After three years of working with coach Sean Power, he decided to focus on sprinting with Christian Malcolm.
The 23-year-old former Builth Wells High School pupil has a personal best of 11.73 for the 100m.
The Gold Coast is Morgan’s first Commonwealth Games and his previous career highlight was competing at the IPC Grand Prix in Dubai where he finished third in the T47 200m.